Aquavitae
Well-Known Member
'lo all. I have a question I'm pretty sure I know the answer to but I wanted to ask more seasoned mead vets. I threw together an orange mapfelwein mead. There is a layer of lees forming on top of a layer of honey/syrup at the bottom of the carboy. My question is will the yeasties eventually make their way down there to eat what is on the bottom? Seeing as how S. cerevisiae exhibit chemotaxis I assume they will as long as they don't hit their EtOH tolerance beforehand. If I need to stir, I'm screwed since I don't have a wine whip or lees stirrer. Either way I'm not *incredibly* worried. Just curious.
For reference:
1 Gallon Batch
2# honey
1# dark amber grade A maple syrup
25ish raisins
1.5 L Martinelli's pressed apple juice
juice and zest of 1 medium orange
1 large cinnamon stick
1 packet Fleischmann's Active Dry (DON'T JUDGE ME!!)
filtered water to top off carboy
For reference:
1 Gallon Batch
2# honey
1# dark amber grade A maple syrup
25ish raisins
1.5 L Martinelli's pressed apple juice
juice and zest of 1 medium orange
1 large cinnamon stick
1 packet Fleischmann's Active Dry (DON'T JUDGE ME!!)
filtered water to top off carboy